Sentence examples for senators split from inspiring English sources

The immigration battle resonated particularly in South Carolina, where the state's two Republican senators split on the measure.

1962 Senators Split on UN Bonds WASHINGTON — Angry Republicans from the old isolationist belt bolted today [April 3] from the carefully contrived compromise plan to help the United Nations out of its financial embarrassment.

Unlike Clinton, who has been preparing herself for the grind of her second presidential campaign for years, the Vermont senator split his time between Congress and campaigning in the months after announcing his run.

Since the election last November of a Senate split evenly, senators have operated under a set of rules hammered out to deal with a 50-50 split.

Republican senators were split on the bill, however, and the New York Farm Bureau, the lead lobbying agency for the agriculture industry, is furiously opposed to passage.

The latest Republican effort failed when Senator John McCain split from his party's leadership and joined Republican colleagues Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowksi and Senate Democrats to vote against a so-called skinny repeal eliminating certain aspects of Obamacare.

"I don't think that Senator McCain splits the difference so much as he bridges the difference" between the two factions, Mr. Scheunemann said.

Both sides say the Senate is split 40-40 on the Brownback measure, with 20 senators undecided.

Two of its most noted politicians, both Democrats, both senators, exemplified the split.

With Republicans in Congress equally split, Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, joked Monday that C-Span watchers would see something "historic" and "precedent-setting:" "The Senate is actually going to vote for a bill".

The race holds statewide and national implications because it will decide which party controls the state Senate, which is split at 16 senators for each party, pending the results of this race.